Matthew 8:28

And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 5:1....

The error of those who think that Mark and Luke relate a different miracle from this, has been already refuted. It is the same country which was opposite, as Luke expressly states, to Galilee, that is described by the three Evangelists, and all the circumstances agree. Who then will believe that the same things, so fully coincident at all points, happened at different times? Matthew 8:28_Two demoniacs met him _Commentators have been led into the error of separating Matthew’s narrative from that of the others by this single difference, that he mentions _two, _while the others mention but one. There is probability in the conjecture of _Augustine, _who thinks that there were two, but accounts for not more than one being mentioned here by saying, that this one was more generally known, and that the aggravation of his disease made the miracle performed on him the more remarkable. And, indeed,...

28-34 The devils have nothing to do with Christ as a Saviour; they neither have, nor hope for any benefit from him. Oh the depth of this mystery of Divine love; that fallen man has so much to do with Christ, when fallen angels have nothing to do with him! Hebrews 2:16. Surely here was torment, to be forced to own the excellence that is in Christ, and yet they had no part in him. The devils desire not to have any thing to do with Christ as a Ruler. See whose language those speak, who will have nothing to do with the gospel of Christ. But it is not true that the devils have nothing to do with Christ as a Judge; for they have, and they know it, and thus it is with all the children of men. Satan and his instruments can go no further than he permits; they must quit possession when he commands. They cannot break his hedge of protection about his people; they cannot enter even a swine without...

Verse Matthew 8:28. _THE COUNTRY OF THE GERGESENES_] This word is variously written in the MSS, and versions; _Gergasenes, Gerasenes,_ _Gadarenes, Gergesions_, and _Gersedonians_, The three first are supported by the greater authorities. They might have all been names of the _same_ place or district; but, if we depend on what _Origen_ says, the people mentioned here could not have been the inhabitants of _Gerasa_, which, says he, is a city of Arabia, ουτε θαλασσαν, ουτε λιμνην πλησιον εχοντα, _which has neither sea nor_ _lake nigh to it_. "Gadara was, according to _Josephus_, the metropolis of _Perea_, or the region beyond _Jordan_: both the city and villages belonging to it lay in the country of the _Gergasenes_; whence Christ going into the country of the _Gadarenes_,...

The same account of the demoniacs substantially is found in Mark 5:1, and Luke 8:26. Matthew 8:28 THE OTHER SIDE - The other side of the Sea of Tiberias. COUNTRY OF THE GERGESENES - Mark Mark 5:1 says that he came into the country of the “Gadarenes.” This difference is only apparent. “Gadara” was a city not far from the Lake Gennesareth, one of the ten cities that were called “Decapolis.” See the notes at Matthew 4:25. “Gerg

EXPOSITION MATTHEW 8:1 MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _Introduction). St. Matthew has given a lengthy summary of the teaching of the Christ, and he now supplements it by a summary of his daily work. He is not concerned with the chronological connexion of the incidents here narrated, for this is evidently to him a matter of but secondary importance. He only desires to bring out different aspects of the Lord's life. Thus he notices— 1. Christ's miracles of healing, and the secret of his ability to perform them (verses 1-17). 2. The personal t

AND WHEN HE WAS COME TO THE OTHER SIDE,.... Of the lake, or sea of Tiberias, right over against Galilee, INTO THE COUNTRY OF GERGESENES, the same with the Girgashites, Genesis 15:21 whom Joshua drove out of the land of Canaan; and who, as a Jewish writer l says, left their country to the Israelites, and went to a country, which is called to this day, גורגיסטאן, "Gurgestan", of which these people were some remains: both in Mark 5:1 it is called "the country of the Gadarenes"; and so the Syriac and Persic versions read it here; which is easily reconciled by observing, not that Gergesa and Gadara were one and the same city, called by different names; but that these two cities were near each other, in the same country, which was sometimes denominated from the one, and someti

Matthew 8:16. _When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits, with his word, and healed all that were sick:_ It was the evening after the Sabbath. They did not venture even to bring out their sick till the day of rest was ended; and the Saviour, saying nothing about their lingering superstition, began to work mightily among them. «He cast out the spirits with his word.» What a power there is in the word of Jesus! There is nothing like it for the casting out of devils All our philosophies will not do what it does, the enemy will say, «Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are ye? «He cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick.» Matthew 8:17. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias

POSSESSED (Greek, "daimonizomai", "demonized"). (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 7:22). _...

MATTHEW 8:28 Gadarhnw/n {C} The healing of the demoniacs is recounted by all three Synoptic Gospels, and in each account there are three principal variant readings referring to the place at which the miracle occurred: Gadarhnw/n( Gerashnw/n, and Gergeshnw/n. The evidence of the chief witnesses for the three accounts is as follows: Gadarhnw/n Gerashnw/n Gergeshnw/n Matthew 8:28...